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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • Authors are asked to use terminology that respects the identities of individuals and represents them in a manner that is indicative of an inclusive society. Where appropriate authors should establish with those whose views they represent, the manner in which they wish to be referred (e.g. person first or otherwise).
  • Authors of manuscripts reporting empirical research must confirm that that their work has ethical approval or has been carried out within an ethical framework such as that provided by the British Educational Research Association or the National Disability Authority of Ireland.
  • Authors are expected to confirm the originality of their work when submitting articles for consideration and to ensure that all necessary permissions to publish have been obtained. 
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • Manuscripts based upon empirical research should contain a clear indication of the rationale for the research; the methods used; the findings; and the implications of the findings for future practice. 
  • The submission file is in a Microsoft Word, Google Doc or Open Office or RTF document file format.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. The Harvard style of referencing has been used and where available, URLs or DOIs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is presented using 1.5 line spacing single-spaced using uses a 12-point font and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

Author Guidelines

REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland invites submissions relating to inclusion and national and international practice in relation to inclusive and special education. The Editorial Team particularly invites contributions reflecting the views and experiences of learners with a diverse range of abilities along a continuum of need. Submissions by national and international researchers in the field of inclusive and special education are also welcome as we present a forum for engaging with government policy and guidelines in the field of education. 

REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland publishes ARTICLES (3,000 words, excluding abstract and references) which report empirical research as well as ARTICLES that review and critique relevant aspects of education policy or practice and make an original contribution to debate. All manuscripts submitted must fall within the focus and scope of the journal, be original and of significance and interest to our readership whilst informed by relevant literature. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland also publishes REVIEWS of books and software related to special and inclusive education. The Editorial team will on occasion invite authors to contribute, comment or respond to positions presented publicly in an INVITED COMMENTARY feature.

Following initial editorial review, submissions that fall within the scope of REACH Journal, are sent anonymously to a panel of editorial advisors for double-blind peer review. Therefore, no identifying details of the author/s should be included in the text of a submitted article but should be provided on a separate file. A corresponding author should be named and an email address be given in this separate file. 

The Harvard style of referencing is used in this journal. Authors referred to in the text are written as follows: (Mathews, 2018; Ní Bhroin, 2017) or “…according to Mathews (2018)…” or “… as concluded by Ní Bhroin (2017)…” If quoting a text directly a page number should be included e.g. (Mathews, 2018, p. 23). Full references are listed alphabetically at the end of the manuscript. Click here for some examples.

Manuscripts should be approximately 3,000 words, include a brief (150 word) abstract, up to 5 key words and be formatted according to the guidelines below.

  • Typed in Times New Roman or Arial size 12 font and 1.5 line spaced
  • Direct quotations longer than 40 words should be in italic font and indented
  • There should be one space after all punctuation marks
  • Section main titles should be in ALL CAPS and bold font. Section subheading 1 should be in bold font. Section subheading 2 should be in italic font
  • Footnotes can be included but should be used sparingly
  • Appendices can be included but should be used sparingly and should strongly support the document
  • Tables and figures should be numbered and should be referred to in the main body of the manuscript. Table and figure headings, inserted above the table/figure, should be in bold font

To assist you in preparing your article, a template is available to download here. The template has been styled using the formatting instructions above and authors can delete the instructions on the template and use the headings to prepare a manuscript.

ARTICLES: Make a new submission to the Articles section.

REVIEWS: Make a new submission to the Reviews section.

INVITED COMMENTARY: Make a new submission to the Invited Commentary section.

Articles

REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland welcomes manuscripts (3,000 words, excluding abstract and references) which report empirical research as well as manuscripts that review, and critique relevant aspects of education policy or practice and make an original contribution to debate. All manuscripts submitted must fall withinin the focus and scope of the journal, be original and of significance, of interest and relevance to our readership, rigorous and informed by relevant literature. 

Copyright Notice

Authors contributing to REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland retain the copyright of their article and at the same time agree to publish their articles under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

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